Award

The Leadership and Intrapersonal Development Programme (LIPD), including this subject and other three leadership subjects, wins the Gold Award in Nurturing Wellbeing & Purpose category in the Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards 2021 for its success in building up important positive attributes and competencies among university students and enabling them to pursue continual self-improvement, enhance their wellbeing, and contribute to society.

In 2018, the Leadership and Intrapersonal Development (LIPD) Team of APSS has been honoured with the 2018 University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award in recognition of the remarkable contributions to teaching and learning in offering the leadership subjects including the above.

The subject received the Bronze Award for the category of social enterprise in the Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards 2016 for creating a pedagogical approach to ethical leadership that acknowledges that the intrapersonal competencies are as pertinent as the hard skills that enable successful leadership.

Objectives

The objectives of the subject are to enable students to:

1. understand the core attributes of service leaders in terms of competence,character,and caring disposition;
2. apply the core components of service leadership and professional strengths through the engagement of community-based service activities;
3. demonstrate self-leadership and develop self-awareness of sharing and empathy with others and the community;
4. reflect on their service leadership qualities, particularly intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies.

Service Targets

Students will be required to provide care and service in one of the following service settings:

Service-Learning Project

Students are divided into small groups according to their disciplines and interests to plan for and implement a service project. Students are required to utilise their knowledge and skills of this subject as well as their disciplines in service planning. The tentative schedule for direct service delivery and type of services are listed below for reference:

Tentative Schedule

The tentative schedule for APSS2S09 (2-semester subject) is as below:

The tentative schedule for APSS2S09S (1-semester subject) is as below:

*Actual schedule depends on agency needs, instructor’s plan and discussion with students. 

#Actual schedule for direct service delivery in Mainland China depends on the arrangement of the collaborative partners and will be announced by the instructors in due course.

Outbound Trips and Fees

Students taking the subject with direct services conducted in Mainland China are required to pay an outbound activity fee, HK$1,500^∆ for Xi’an, Chengdu, Jinan, or Yichuan, (subject to revision) to cover part of the expenses such as accommodation, meals, transportation and other expenses for the outbound trips despite the availability of financial support from the University. Students must settle the outbound activity fee one week after the debit note is issued or by the deadline set by the subject teachers. If there is any reason that leads to a subject withdrawal or late drop, please note that the outbound activity fee will not be refunded and the students might need to be responsible for related expenses.

Awards and Scholarship

The top student taking the subject in Hong Kong (S12 or S23) with local services will receive “Outstanding Performance Awards”. Each will receive an iPad and an award certificate. On the other hand, there are scholarships at HK$5,000 each to be awarded by Wofoo Foundation for top students taking the subject in Yichuan, Xian, Chengdu and Jinan.

Eligibility

Full-time undergraduate students are eligible to take the subject.  Students enrolling the subject with direct services in Mainland China should possess intermediate level of Putonghua for effective delivery of services. (Special consideration can be given to international students who are not fluent in Putonghua)

Pre-requisite Requirement

Nil

Enquiry

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